Concerts

The annual series of concerts presented by the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments is one of the oldest and most distinguished of its kind, presenting performances of music in its historical context and often using appropriate examples from the Collection that have been restored to playing condition.

An archive of excerpts from live performances on the Collection concert series is available in our Sound Gallery.

2007-2008: Regular Series

The performances take place on Sundays at 3 p.m. in the museum's Second Floor Gallery. For ticket prices and reservation information, click on the button below.

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If you wish to receive a printed announcement of the 2006-07 series along with our fall Newsletter, please send an e-mail with your name and address to: musinst@pantheon.yale.edu

Special Free Concert

On Thursday evening, April 10, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., a special free concert of 17th-century Italian and German chamber music will be performed at the Collection.  Entitled "Capriccio stravagante," the program will include works by Farina, Marini, Frescobaldi, and Hassler.  The ensemble will consist, of Rebecca Tinio, violin; Daniel Swenberg, theorbo; and Rebecca Cypess, spinet, with guest artists Robert Mealy, violin, and Michael Rigsby, viola da gamba.  The restored spinetta from the Collection by Francesco Poggio (Florence, 1620) will be featured in this performance.  Admission is

free.